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Great stuff. Signed. I like how you wrote the section about rationality as a preferred but not exclusive pathway to knowledge. As to these three frameworks, I think that a pragmatist can strategically act like an optimist or pessimist in particular contexts but needs ultimately to avoid extending that viewpoint to the level of the systemic or the universal. I think of this pragmatic viewpoint as having an a posteriori mode of operation to it rooted in its empiricism. We speak to specific contexts only. Jumping from the specific to the general is something we resist unless the evidence compels us. That said, as a manifesto, I recommend resisting the urge to over clarify every word and clause. Each section should have a call and response cadence that circulates around the extreme options this position is not. The current draft does this nicely. Thanks for putting so many of my thoughts into word.

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At the same time, Guy is onto something. There are ethical values immanent this piece that do have potential universal reach, and surprising, in this moment, this quasi relativist is okay with that. This values need to be underlined and emphasized. I feel this very strongly in this moment and context. 😋

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